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Venky Harinarayan

Investor

Partner at Rocketship.vc

Mountain View, California

Writes $1M – $5M checks · typically $3M

About

Venky Harinarayan co-created Amazon Marketplace, conceived Mechanical Turk, built WalmartLabs from his startup acquisition, and—after early Facebook investing and running an early search/data venture franchise—spots breakout opportunities.

Invests in

AI & Machine LearningConsumerEdTechFintechSaaS

Experience

  1. rocketship.vcFounding Partnercurrent2015 — presentPalo Alto, CA
  2. San Francisco UnicornsPrincipal Ownercurrent2023 — presentLos Altos, California, United States
  3. Epsilon VenturesPartnercurrent2025 — presentLos Altos, California, United States
  4. Angel InvestorAngel Investorcurrent2000 — present
  5. Milliways VenturesFounding Partnercurrent2013 — present
  6. Cambrian VenturesFounding Partner2000 — 2015
  7. WalmartSVP, Global eCommerce2011 — 2012
  8. Efficient FrontierFounding Investor, Board Member2002 — 2012
  9. KosmixFounder2005 — 2011
  10. Amazon.comGeneral Manager1998 — 2000Seattle, Washington, United States
  11. JungleeCo-Founder1996 — 1998

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityPhD, Computer Science1993 — 1996
  2. UCLAMS, Computer Science1988 — 1990
  3. Indian Institute of Technology, MadrasBachelor's Degree, Computer Science1984 — 1988

Skills & more

Venture Capital36Start-ups39E-commerce40Strategic Partnerships22Product Development9Business Development12Team Building2Entrepreneurship8Analytics5Management Consulting2Product Marketing3Business Strategy3
+10 moreSoftware DevelopmentProduct ManagementCloud ComputingScalabilityBig DataDistributed SystemsMobile DevicesStrategySaaSEnterprise Software

From Venky's professional profile.

Colleagues at Rocketship.vc

Anand Rajaraman
Partner at Rocketship.vc
Blake Rogow
Investor at Rocketship.vc
Greg Lahann
Chief Financial Officer at Rocketship.vc
Jon Staenberg
Founder at Agate Hound
Madhu Shalini Iyer
Managing Partner at Rocketship.vc
Paul Baird-Smith
Software Engineer at Rocketship.vc
Rob Harries
Software Engineer at Rocketship.vc
Sailesh Ramakrishnan
Managing Partner at Rocketship.vc

Network2

Blake Rogow
Investor at Rocketship.vc
Eduardo Castro-Wright
Investor at alpha4 ventures

Investors connected to Venky in public investor directories — a warm-intro map.

Frequently asked questions

Where does Venky Harinarayan work?
Venky Harinarayan is Partner at Rocketship.vc.
What does Venky Harinarayan invest in?
Venky Harinarayan invests in AI & Machine Learning, Consumer, EdTech, Fintech, SaaS.
What check size does Venky Harinarayan write?
Venky Harinarayan typically writes checks of $1M – $5M.

Same school

Also attended Stanford University2,000

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; PCAST co-chair; former White House AI & crypto czarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

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Also attended UCLA471

Ben HorowitzCo-founder & General Partner at Andreessen HorowitzRon ConwayFounder of SV AngelKirsten GreenFounder and Managing Partner at Forerunner VenturesPaul FieldingFinance & Operations at General CatalystMelody MaExecutive Assistant and Lead Receptionist at Trinity VenturesGizem CakilInvestor at OpenView Venture Partners

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Also attended Indian Institute of Technology, Madras106

Sundeep PeechuGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesRajesh SwaminathanInvestor at Khosla VenturesAparnaAdvisor at NewBuild.VCParthaAdvisor at NewBuild.VCIlanInvestor at Eudemian VenturesRaghuInvestor at Eudemian Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Walmart80

Jim BreyerFounder & CEO of Breyer CapitalAustin HayInvestor at Khosla VenturesJason PressmanManaging Director at Copper Sky CapitalAnthony SoohooVenture Partner at Copper Sky CapitalBrent KeltonPartner & Texas Leader at Moneta VenturesJonathan HeiligerGeneral Partner at Vertex Ventures

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Also worked at Efficient Frontier2

Matt RightmireVenture Partner at Building VenturesZhou YuPartner & Head of AI at Seven Stars Ventures

Also worked at Kosmix7

Ravi MhatrePartner and Co-Founder at Lightspeed Venture PartnersRachel LamCo-Founder and Managing Partner at Imagination CapitalCurtis SpencerGeneral Partner at Electric CapitalAnand RajaramanPartner at Rocketship.vcSailesh RamakrishnanManaging Partner at Rocketship.vcDini MehtaExecutive-in-Residence at Peak XV Partners

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Also worked at Amazon.com611

Dave MunichielloInvestor at GV (Google Ventures)Viswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista CapitalAlessandro De BenedettiAssociate at NorthzoneScott JacobsonManaging Director at Madrona Venture GroupBill RichterCEO of Qumulo and venture partner at MadronaEduardo BlasiAnalyst at Inveready Technology Investment Group

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